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Australia
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Voting Rights, International
Martin Luther King begins a drive to register black voters. -
Hydrofoil Ferry
The first hydrofoil ferry service begins on Sydney Harbour -
Eureka, France, INT
France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold on this day in history. -
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser becomes youngest person to be named Australian of the Year -
Queensland Police
Queensland Police are given the power to arrest without warrant and ban anyone aiding the striking Mount Isa Mines workers. -
U.S. bombs Vietnam, INT
U.S. starts bombing North Vietnam, Vietnam War. -
Royal Mint
Prince Philip opens the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. -
The Freedom Ride
Charles Perkins leads The Freedom Ride, which travels through country NSW, protesting the racial discrimination against Aboriginal people. -
Dawn Fraser banned
The Amateur Swimming Union of Australia stuns the nation with its decision that Olympic champion and 1964 Australian of the Year Dawn Fraser will be banned from all amateur competition for ten years. -
ALP wins after losing streak
The Australian Labor Party wins the South Australian election, taking government for the first time in 32 years. -
Lottery
The first drawing of the national service conscription lottery. -
Raid of Austral
Police raid Melbourne's Austral Bookshop and seize copies of The Trial of Lady Chatterley, a banned book containing obscene material. -
War
Prime Minister Menzies commits Australian troops to fight in Vietnam. -
ALP defeated
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is defeated in the NSW state election after 24 years in government and the Liberal Party, led by Robin Askin takes power. -
Leaving for War
The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment leaves for Vietnam on HMAS Sydney. -
Springbok Tour
Melbourne: Students protest over Springbok rugby team tour -
Declaration of War
London: Prime Minister Menzies declares that Australia is at war with Vietnam -
"White Australia" abolished
The ALP deletes "White Australia" from its immigration policy. -
Voting Rights Act, INT
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests and other such requirements that tended to restrict black voting become illegal. -
Orchestra
Tokyo: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra performs to sell out audience -
Ballet
London: The Australian ballet Company takes 49 curtain calls after its overseas debut. -
Lake Burley Griffin
Canberra: Lake Burley Griffin officially opened -
Protesting War, INT
100,000 anti-war protesters nationwide in 80 cities -
Kevin Wheatley
Kevin Arthur Wheatley dies in Vietnam while defending a wounded comrade. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry.
